This site has been inspired by the work of Dr David Korten who argues that capitalism is at a critical juncture due to environmental, economic and social breakdown. This site argues for alternatives to capitalism in order to create a better world.

Rather than watch others make the rules, these people are
building alternative systems with their own rules - rules that bring
abundance to the entire community.

Now imagine a city that did all of the above, and more. A city with worker-owned cooperative businesses, public banks (or credit unions), tool libraries, hackerspaces, community gardens, and bike kitchens. Most of all, a city with a network of engaged and caring people sharing the abundance they’ve helped to create.

It’s already happening, but so far sharing projects have been eeked
out, trial-and-error, in small slots of time between low-wage work and
life’s obligations. What if, instead, there was a catalyst: a collective
pool of knowledge, resources, and inspiration? There could be.

For years, the website Shareable has been tracking and
encouraging the sharing movement, spreading word about cool ways to
collaborate, old and new. Now it has a vision to actively broaden and
strengthen sharing networks across the U.S. through a Sharing Cities
Network.

Shareable’s goal is to nurture 100 grassroots sharing
movements in 100 cities. Each local network will be different, but the
broader network will help scale up and replicate successful projects
from city to city.

“We are not protesting, and we are not asking for permission, and we
are not waiting. We are building a people-powered economy right under
everyone’s noses,” says Shareable co-founder Neal Gorenflo in the video below.